"Changping Wang?" Wen Nuan asked.
"You know this?"
Wen Nuan sneered, "Who else could do such a shameless thing if not her? I can't think of anyone else."
Wen Yuxi nodded, "That's right. Shall we go together, my lady?"
Wen Nuan nodded, "Of course. The Empress has always treated me very well. I must repay her kindness and use all my lifelong skills."
Wen Yuxi smiled, "Then I shall enjoy the show."
Arriving at the courtyard where Changping Wang was held, Wen Nuan dismissed the guards and pushed open the door.
An Ping, who was about to notify her father about the situation here, heard the movement and quickly tucked the items under the covers.
She knew Xue Jingyun couldn't resist, and who had better patience? She believed she wasn't bad herself now.
However, she was startled when she saw who had arrived. It was a woman, exuding a captivating charm, with an indescribable sense of familiarity mixed with unfamiliarity. "You are..." she couldn't help but ask.
"Is Changping Wang so forgetful? It is your subordinate, Wen Nuan," Wen Nuan said slowly.
An Ping finally remembered. It was Wen Yuxi's subordinate. She sneered, "You're here. Is Wen Yuxi here too?"
"Changping Wang thinks so highly of me? You flatter me," Wen Yuxi said as she walked in.
"Where is Xue Jingyun?" An Ping asked.
Wen Yuxi smiled faintly, "What a disappointment for Changping Wang. He won't be coming. Why don't we have a chat?"
An Ping sat on the bed and said coldly, "I have nothing to talk about with you."
"Fine, you won't talk to us, but we will talk to you." Wen Yuxi smiled exceptionally brightly.
An Ping frowned, "Get out. I don't welcome you."
Wen Yuxi's gaze deepened, and her tone held a hint of coldness, "Hasn't Changping Wang heard that it's easier to invite a god than to send one away? If I don't get what I want today, do you think I will leave?"
"What do you want to do?" An Ping instinctively looked at Wen Yuxi.
"Instead of asking my楼主, why not ask me what I want to do?" Wen Nuan stepped closer to An Ping. An Ping inexplicably felt danger and retreated repeatedly, "You... what do you want?"
"Guess?" Wen Nuan smiled charmingly, but anyone could see the coldness in her eyes.
"I'll tell you, I am now Changping Wang, and soon to be An Wang. No one can torture me unless the Empress issues an decree. This is the rule set by the Empress."
This was also why she dared to come here, because she knew everyone here obeyed Xue Zi Ning without question, and no one dared to disobey her orders.
"Changping Wang, you also said it was set by the Empress, not me. I am not the Empress, and besides, she is not here, so she won't know what I do..."
An Ping trembled all over. She saw the bewitching glow in Wen Nuan's eyes becoming even more sinister. She stood up abruptly and looked at Wen Yuxi, "Wen Yuxi, aren't you going to control your subordinate? Be careful, I'll accuse you of oppressing a vassal king."
Wen Yuxi chuckled, "Oppress? If even the Empress can't do anything to you, who can?"
An Ping frowned. Now she understood and wasn't as scared as before, "So you're trying to trick me? You want me to tell you the Empress's whereabouts? Dream on."
"Changping Wang, let's chat, let's just talk about life!" As Wen Nuan spoke, she pulled An Ping onto the bed, and the curtains fell, accompanied by Changping Wang's startled cry.
Wen Yuxi stood up and said to Wen Nuan inside, "Don't use too much force."
At this moment, Wen Nuan, who was on the bed, sat on An Ping, her hands moving left and right, "Alright, my楼主, please wait a moment!"
An Ping was furious and screamed, "You dare to hit my face?"
Wen Nuan laughed heartily, "Hitting your face is a small matter. I'll hit your butt too."
She turned An Ping around and fiercely whipped her bottom with a small leather whip.
After just two lashes, An Ping was screaming in pain.
Finally, An Ping felt her eyes unable to open, and her bottom hurt when it touched the bed. Only then did Wen Nuan let her go, "Speak!"
An Ping was stubborn, "What... what do you want me to say?"
Wen Nuan leaned in and whispered, "You were very humiliated in Mo Cheng, weren't you? Why don't I kindly sew you up?"
An Ping's eyes widened, "You... you dare!"
"See if I dare?" Wen Nuan tore off her remaining clothes with one hand.
Seeing that Wen Nuan really dared, she panicked, "Don't... let's talk properly."
"My楼主, done," Wen Nuan got off the bed and stretched her wrists.
Wen Yuxi came in and saw An Ping, barely covered behind the curtain. She couldn't help but say, "Aren't you going to dress her? Do you want me to go blind?"
Wen Nuan smiled, pulled down the curtain, and wrapped An Ping's body with layers of cloth.
Then she pulled her to a seat.
"You... what do you want?" An Ping was both embarrassed and angry.
"What do we want? Changping Wang knows better than anyone?" Wen Yuxi smiled exceptionally brilliantly, her alluring face now even more devilish.
"I'm telling you, don't touch me, or I won't forgive you..."
"Then let Changping Wang never return..." Wen Nuan chuckled, her voice particularly chilling.
"You..." An Ping felt a chill of fear arise within her at this moment.
"Changping Wang, will you speak or not?" Wen Nuan asked word by word, getting closer.
"If you kill me, aren't you afraid others will know?" An Ping still didn't believe it.
Wen Nuan said coldly, "Changping Wang, it's important to know oneself, but you seem to lack self-awareness."
"What do you mean?" An Ping asked, confused.
"Do you think you'll have a good outcome if the Empress is gone? You can think about how much Xue Jingyun cares about your death. At that time, he would probably wish he could send you to death himself."
An Ping trembled all over. She had forgotten that Xue Jingyun wouldn't care about her, otherwise she wouldn't have experienced those painful events in Mo Cheng.
"Changping Wang, will you speak or not? My patience is limited," Wen Nuan asked word by word.
"I want to see him. I will only tell him," An Ping said.
"Changping Wang, His Highness Xue won't listen to you. Are you sure you want to place your hope on someone who won't listen to your words at all?"
An Ping hesitated for a moment and said, "I can tell you, but you must guarantee my safety. No, you must let me go back."
"Haven't you realized something yet?" Wen Yuxi, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.
"What thing?" An Ping asked.
"From the moment you stepped in here, you have no way back."
"How can that be?" An Ping looked at Wen Yuxi in disbelief.
Wen Yuxi stood up and looked at her calmly, "I don't know if you came up with the idea of threatening Xue Jingyun with the Empress's news yourself, or if someone instigated you, but ultimately, that person doesn't want you to return to An Cheng..."
An Ping trembled all over, "Impossible. My father wouldn't harm me..."
Wen Yuxi sneered, "As expected, it's him. I knew you wouldn't have come up with this idea yourself."
"Impossible, you're lying to me, lying to me..." An Ping shook her head, how could her father harm her?
"Lying to you, Changping Wang, do you have anything that would make me want to lie to you?" I'm already disgusted enough.
"I don't believe it. You must be saying this to sow discord between me and my father. I won't believe it," An Ping shouted.